Possible alternatives are:- QCAD could try to look up fonts from the drawing directory. If the drawing is distributed together with the font, the drawing should then load correctly.- QCAD could display a warning dialog which lets the user choose an alternative font or point to the right font file.

I enter a text, then explode the text (into arcs, lines and splines), select everything and explode again (for the splines to be exploded as well), then create a polyline of each letter, and hatch it with a solid fill.